Hammann v. Industrial Commission

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The claimant is the widow of Frank Brunner, who was *573killed in the course of his employment. The facts essential to recovery are not in dispute and all exist. The only question involved is the basis for computation of the award.

The amount of the widow’s recovery is fixed by statute at four times the average annual wage of the deceased. A statute prescribes how, under different contingencies, the average annual wage shall be computed. It reads as follows :

‘T02.ll Earnings, method of computation. (1) The average weekly earnings shall be one-fiftieth of the…